Riga to relaunch the tender on tram acquisition
Riga’s public transport company, Rīgas satiksme, will announce again, in the coming months, two tenders for the reconstruction and development […]
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UAE enters prequalification stage for locomotive and O&M tenders
This month, Etihad Rail is expecting the prequalification documents for locomotive and operation and maintenance facility tenders published in December […]
Belarus orders 10 EMUs from Stadler
Belarusian Railway and Stadler signed a contract for the supply of 10 five-car Flirt trains. The first train is to […]
Siemens Mobility to supply DB Cargo 100 Vectron locomotives
Siemens Mobility and DB Cargo signed a contract for the delivery of 100 multisystem locomotives, with an initial call for […]
RZD purchased 597 locomotives in 2018
In 2018, Russian Railways purchased 597 locomotives, investing RUB 79.3 billion (almost USD 1.2 billion). The company acquired 348 electric […]
Shift2Rail 2019 Call for Proposals opened
Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking (S2R JU) has launched the 2019 Call for Proposals for Research & Innovation activities with a budget […]
Taiwan orders 50 EMUs from Hitachi
Taiwan Railways Administration awarded Taiwan Hitachi Asia Pacific, Hitachi’s Taiwan subsidiary, a EUR 1.3 billion (JPY 160 billion) contract for […]
Sydney’s Metro Northwest completes its first full test
Driverless metro train has completed its first journey along the entire length of Sydney’s new Metro Northwest railway line, on […]
Senegal inaugurates Dakar – Diamniadio line
On January 14, the President of Senegal, Macky Sall, officially launched the railway services on the 36-km Dakar – Diamniadio […]
Sofia metro network to be extended
Bulgarian Minister of Transport, Rosen Jeliazkov, announced that in the next programming period, European funds through the Operational Program “Transport […]